Donald Trump’s favorability rising after election, polls show

President-elect Donald Trump’s favorability rating has been improving since his 2024 election win, according to recent polling results.

An average of recent polls compiled by 538 indicates that Trump is viewed favorably by 45 percent of the public, with 50.4 percent having an unfavorable opinion as of Tuesday night.

While the president-elect still had a net 5.4 percent unfavorable rating, the average had improved significantly since Election Day, when Trump’s rating was net 9.5 percent unfavorable.

Some of most recent polls suggest that Trump is now viewed favorably by a majority of Americans, with the newest survey released by Emerson College on Tuesday showing the president-elect with a net 8 percent favorability rating.

The poll, conducted among 1,000 registered voters from November 20 to November 22, found that 54 percent of respondents had a “very” or “somewhat” favorable view of Trump, while 46 percent had a very or somewhat unfavorable view.

Trump’s favorability rating jumped 6 percentage points following his win on November 5, with an Emerson survey conducted before the election showing him at 48 percent favorable.

“President Trump won in historic fashion and now has a clear mandate to govern,” Trump communications director Steven Cheung said in an email to Newsweek. “The American people clearly support and approve of his choices to fill out his Cabinet and Administration that reflects the will of the people.”

The Emerson poll did not show strong support for Trump from all groups, with only 28 percent of Black voters viewing the president-elect favorably. Women voters and all voters over 70 were also less likely to have favorable views.

“Trump’s favorability varies significantly by gender, race, and age,” Emerson College Polling executive director Spencer Kimball said in a statement. “Trump’s strongest age cohort is among voters 40-59, with 60% viewing him favorably, compared to 48% among those over 70.”

“Notably, his favorability has risen among younger voters, with 55% of those under 30 expressing a favorable opinion,” Kimball added.

The new Emerson poll’s credibility interval, which is similar to a margin of error, was 3 percent.

A number of other recent polls have also shown Trump with a net positive favorability rating, including a YouGov poll released last week that found the president-elect 5 points above water.

Among all adults, 51 percent viewed Trump favorably in the YouGov poll, while 46 percent viewed him unfavorably. Somewhat surprisingly, the 78-year-old president-elect’s strongest increase in support came from the youngest group of voters.

The poll found that 57 percent of Americans age 18 to 29 had a favorable view of the incoming president—giving Trump a massive net favorability increase of 19 points among the demographic when compared to a poll conducted on November 9 and November 12.

“Young people carried President Trump to victory,” Trump ally and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk wrote while sharing the poll results on X, formerly Twitter. “Make no mistake, a profound and historic generational realignment is underway.”

The YouGov poll was conducted among 1,590 U.S. adults from November 17 to November 19 and has a 2.5 percent margin of error.